Velvet Chainsaw

MARCH 15, 2023

According to a study by the World Scholarship Vault , event planner stress levels are hitting a new high — the third-most stressful job in the world for 2023. Event planners are experiencing sticker shock from rising costs for audiovisual, food and beverage, and other direct meeting expenses. But things have changed.

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MeetingsNet

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Free meeting space? As corporate and association event planners gear up for the first full year since 2019 without Covid-related meeting restrictions—but with a choppy economic outlook too—they harbor a mix of positive and negative expectations about how they’ll coordinate and execute their upcoming events. Absolutely. Fat chance.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 18, 2023

Following are some of the key findings of the 2023 study: Overall passenger satisfaction declines, driven largely by cost of airfare: Overall passenger satisfaction is 791 (on a 1,000-point scale), down 7 points from a year ago. The study was fielded from March 2022 through March 2023. Travel is something people are prioritizing.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Fine dining, diverse cuisine and unique culinary experiences When traveling internationally, one of the ways in which visitors can tangibly absorb the culture, personality and literal taste of the destination is through food. Dinner entree from Ginza Toyoda But travelers to Tokyo can expect more than traditional Japanese food.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 13, 2023

As meeting professionals begin to plan events for 2023, Mike Dominguez, president and CEO of Associated Luxury Hotels International (ALHI), joined Editorial Director JT Long for his annual Smart Chat Live! predictions conversation about the trends meeting profs need to prepare for in 2023. A lot of it is new meetings.

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Velvet Chainsaw

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Following are considerations gathered from industry media, meetings market surveys and anecdotal reports from Velvet Chainsaw Consulting clients. Despite projections of persistent inflation and a moderate economic recession, CBRE’s forecast calls for a close to 6% increase in rooms revenue per available room (RevPAR) in 2023.”

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 12, 2022

The summer of 2023 will herald a new era of meetings in South Lake Tahoe with the arrival of the over $100-million Tahoe South Events Center. The events center’s projected date of completion is July 6, 2023. The events center’s projected date of completion is July 6, 2023. of meeting space. All-in Luxury Amenities.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Paley will lead all operations at Prim 54, working to uphold its esteemed reputation that it has developed since its opening in March 2023. Rajiv Jha Rajiv Jha, Fairmont Dallas Jha joins Fairmont Dallas as director of food & beverage. Most recently, he served as food & beverage general manager at Fairmont Grand Del Mar.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 24, 2023

Exhibitors, industry professionals and other attendees will meet at the second annual SIAL America 2023 , organized by Emerald X at Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC) to showcase food and beverage categories that are key to retailers, wholesalers, food service companies and distributors. “We

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MeetingsNet

JANUARY 5, 2024

The result: Less negotiability for meetings. percent) in 2024, compared to a strong 2023 that saw pent-up demand unleashed after the Covid pandemic. In fact, group business ( see chart ) has recovered to the point that more group rooms were sold in October 2023 than in October 2019. percent) and guest-room rate (3.0

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MeetingsNet

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

How to stretch your event budget for food and beverage, event tech, ground transportation, and venues. The costs of holding a meeting or convention have skyrocketed, but most planners find their budgets just aren’t budging—at least, not enough. Need to Cut the Meeting Budget? Choice Cuts for Food and Beverage Savings.

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SpotMe Blog

JUNE 13, 2023

That’s why we’ve created a list of examples of the top pharmaceutical meeting planning companies we have experience with. Pharma meeting planners are experts in social media marketing, email campaigns, media partnerships, and more to maximize HCP attendance and participation. It is not for commercial purposes.

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MeetingsNet

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Planners foresee more meetings and more attendees per meeting—but also big cost increases in certain areas that will force them to change tactics. In addition, 64 percent of planners expect the size of their meetings to grow this year, with one-third of those planners expecting attendance increases of greater than 10 percent.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

She will provide the Texas boutique hotel’s meetings and events with everything from hors d’oeuvres to buffets. Pedro Almeida Pedro Almeida As the new executive chef at The Ritz-Carlton, Portland , Almeida will oversee all aspects of the hotel’s food and beverage program.

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SpotMe Blog

MAY 31, 2023

Congresses, medical standalones, cycle meetings, speaker training, town halls – the possibilities for in-person events are endless in the pharmaceutical industry. Casual conversations, chance meetings, and unplanned activities expose you to new ideas and help you stumble upon valuable discoveries. Get more people to attend your events.

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Prestige Events Magazine

AUGUST 2, 2022

Wyboston Lakes Resorts has delivered a record six months of Meetings and Events business for the first half of 2022, despite restrictions around events in January and February following the Omicron outbreak. Business on the books at the six-month point is up by 47% on 2019 with a solid base already in place for 2023.

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Velvet Chainsaw

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Throughout 2022, nearly every meeting service provider continues to be short-staffed and plagued by last-minute no-shows or insufficiently skilled workers. To best prepare you, here are eight kinds of curveballs other meeting professionals have been thrown so far in 2022, with expectations extending into 2023— and how to deal with them.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Healthy Meeting Resources Help Planners Start Meaningful Discussions Looking for an easy way to keep everyone healthy when putting together an agenda? A History of Meeting Well The current focus on healthy meeting spaces is not the first time brands have gone beyond accommodating “dates and rates” to differentiate their spaces.

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SmartMeetings

MAY 16, 2024

Even if that more adventurous perspective doesn’t make you any happier about them, they’re a necessary part of the meetings and events industry. That could show up in higher prices for food and beverage (F&B) which you may expect, or in costs that are somewhat disguised. The obvious effect could be lower levels of service.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Watching food and travel shows with her mother throughout her childhood eventually drove her to earn her degree in hotel management. She is now sales and catering coordinator at the Westin Grand Cayman, after joining in May 2023. Tvisha Naidu Tvisha Naidu Naidu grew up in Bengaluru, India.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Breaking down the company’s recent sustainability strategy International exhibition and convention center ExCel London is a carbon-neutral venue and an advocate for the path towards green meetings. There, over 300,000 worms convert leftover food waste into compost that is used in the center’s green spaces. At over 100,000 sq.

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Prestige Events Magazine

APRIL 8, 2024

Instead of plastic, we use re-useable and recyclable aluminium cans, glass or ceramic jugs for milk and all our food is served in sustainable food boxes. We now have a 50 per cent plant-based food and beverage menu, beef has been removed from our menus, all our deserts are plant-based (and taste delicious!)

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Event Marketer

JUNE 29, 2021

The Sweets & Snacks Expo—a gathering that draws the biggest brands in candy, chocolate and snack foods sold at major retailers—made a sweet return as the first post-pandemic food show, taking place June 23-25 at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis. The Sweets & Snacks Expo will return to Chicago in 2022 and 2023.

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 18, 2024

No one understands the importance of proper cultivation better than those who work in the food and agriculture sector. Grow-NY 2023 was held on Nov. 14-15 at the Holiday Inn Binghamton Downtown in Binghamton, New York, and organized by VRS Meetings & Events.

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Prestige Events Magazine

AUGUST 9, 2023

Butlin’s Showcases Excellence as the Venue of Choice for Pets at Home Pet Care Conference 2023. At Studio 36, a blank canvas, high tech venue, available for corporates to hire exclusively and hold their meetings and events. Meeting venues like Studio 36. They did an incredible job using the whole resort for work and play.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 21, 2023

A meeting professional veteran share tricks for managing inflation, expectations and savings Money moves mountains. The prices are so high for the individual menu items that the value of what you’re getting doesn’t equate a lot of times,” Pilcher stated, “I’m getting so much less food.

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MeetingsNet

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

In early November, meetings-tech bigwig Cvent and virtual-events provider Zoom announced a partnership where Cvent clients will be able to integrate the Zoom Events platform into their meetings to streamline the experience for both planners and virtual attendees. “In Meetings at the Movies.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 10, 2024

Spaces to Inspire Your Next All-Star Meeting An essential part of an outstanding meeting is an amazing location. These new and renovated venues offer the perfect canvas for the meeting planner’s creative mind. It also includes three distinct meeting rooms, two of which are 471 sq. of event space as he led the redesign.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 29, 2023

How to kick up the empathy and excitement-quotient at events Smart Meetings Extraordinary Texas Event at Omni Barton Creek Resort & Spa in Austin brought leadership strategies, technology innovations, experiential gifting and fun F&B ideas from the award-winning magazine to life for three days and we are sharing the aha moments with you.

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Prestige Events Magazine

JANUARY 31, 2023

Venues of Excellence (VoE) has hosted its 2023 Annual Conference at Silverstone International Conference and Exhibition Centre , and Hilton Garden Inn Silverstone. The conference was complemented by a great networking area for peer-to-peer engagement and to meet with 20 exhibitors who offer products and services to the hospitality sector.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 21, 2023

billion in funding for generative AI startups was announced within the first three months of 2023 alone. We’re thrilled to welcome meeting and event attendees back to the City by the Bay. San Francisco’s welcoming people, its unbeatable food scene, and its endless activity regularly lead to record-breaking meeting attendance.

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Stova

MARCH 20, 2023

The Ultimate List of Conferences to Attend in 2023 Are you struggling to find which conferences are worth investing your time and money in? We’ve put together a comprehensive list of 200+ top in-person, virtual and hybrid conferences that you should attend in 2023.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 18, 2023

Working with the United Kingdom-based sustainability consultant isla , a total of 92% of event waste was recovered by diverting it into recycling, composting or donation channels, meeting the threshold for a zero-waste event. A total of 14,557 pounds of food has been donated in that time. As a group, participants walked more than 4.2

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Germany, Berlin and Canada all welcome new and renovated hotels For your next international meetings and excursions, look no further than these new and renovated properties. of meeting space, made up of 11 facilities. Guests can also enjoy food and beverage offerings at the site. Planners can enjoy over 8,600 sq.

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Stova

MARCH 16, 2023

The Strategic Meetings Management Guide Successful strategic meetings management requires a wide array of skills and tools to help you meet stakeholders' expectations and reach your goals. Within this guide, you will receive the tools and knowledge to become a meeting strategist for your organization.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 20, 2024

Contracts are the life blood of the meeting industry. Smart Meetings sat down with Darryl B. Cost for meeting rooms. Gratuities Minimums for food and beverage. The post Contract Clauses Planners Need in 2024 appeared first on Smart Meetings. Resort fees. Are amenities and AV included in the cost?

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MeetingsNet

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

With costs moving stubbornly higher, meeting planners must be proactive and creative to stay within their F&B budget. It’s no secret that costs for just about every element of meetings and events shot up in 2023—and even the slowing inflation rate probably won’t be enough to head off further event-cost hikes in 2024.

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